Snow guard



A ril 21, 1925.

B. A. HUDSON SNOW GUARD Filed Feb. 14 1924 mvEN'roR I ATTORNI Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STA res PATENT OFFICE.

BYRON A. HUDSON, F WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

SNOW

Application filed February To a l? whom it may cancer n:

Be it known that I, Bvnon A. HUDsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woonsocket, in the county of ;Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Snow Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to improved snow guards and it contemplates the provision of a device through the medium of which the liability of snow gathering upon a roof and sliding. off during the melting period will be efiectually precluded thereby preventing damage to property or injury to persons. i

The invention further contemplates the provision of a simple and inexpensive con struction of snow guard that is easy to apply and retain on shingle roofs where the noose sity for preventing wear of the guard by the elements is desirable. The invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my novel guard showing the same as applied on a shingle roof.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the guard per se.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawings.

My novel guard is particularly adapted for use in connection with lapped shingles 1 that are secured to each other by means of the fastening members 2 on their lapped ends. The shingles on their meeting edges are provided with a semi-circular aperture- 3 to receive the storm nails 4.

My invention comprises the extremely thin bodyportion 5 having an aperture 5 at one end and a longitudinal slot 7 and at the opposite end from the aperture 5* the device is provided with the loops 9 and 10, the former of which terminates in the prong 8 and thelatter of which terminates in the prong 11. The extreme end of the loop terminates in the forwardly extending portion GUARD-1 14; 1924. seriarno. 692,777.

This guard is made preferably of wireand' as before stated consists of a flat portion that is extremely thin and the body portion 5 may be of any length desired. When occasion arises for instance,to secure the guard on a shiingled roof other than that of the construction shown, a hoolr may be substituted at the point 5.

The use of the fastening means 2 is for the purpose of locking the shingles in place and the said fastening means 2 secure the shingles to the roof. In laying the improved guard one of the storm nails at is inserted through the slot '7' and into the aperture 3 upside down and after the shingles are secured together and placed in position upon the roof the guard is adjusted along the storm nail permittingthe slot 7 to ride over the head nail thereof and a fastening nail 6 is then driven into the roof support. The next set of shingles may be easily laid over the flat end 5 of the guard and the entire guard with the exception of the loop portions thereof will be out of contact with the weather. The flat arrangement of body portion 5 not only permits of close fitting shingles but will add to the strength of the guard and at the same time prevent the loop from tipping over. Added strength.

can be given to the body portion by forming I:

corrugations on each side of the slot 7 and parallel therewith.

\Vhen desired, instead. of providing the slot 7 a series of apertures maybe used. In the ordinary construction of snow guard, the shank portion is of such bulky nature that it necessitates spreading apart of the shingles thereby exposing the shingles and i the guards to the elements.

I would distinctly have it understood that the securing of the guard in the manner above outlined is not imperative as any mode that may assert itself is applicable in the laying of the guard in its proper position with respect to the shingles.

The device is extremely simple in construction and comprises practically but one element and therefore liability of breakage of the device is eliminated.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent 1. In a guard for the purpose set forth, the combination of a single piece of bendable material having a slot in the body thereof Ill? and an aperti'lre in rear of the slot; said maof the loop and resting in the same plane as terial being provided with an upstanding the body portion.

loop that terminates in a portion that rests In testimony whereof I have hereunto set flat With respect to the body. my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 5 2. In asnoW guard, a body portion, a slot nesses.

formed therein, and also having an aperture in rear ofthe slot, and aloop formed by BYRON A. HUDSON. bending the forward end of the body up- Witnesses: standing .to produce two loop shaped por- EVELYN N. SPAULDING,

10 tions and a fiat portion formed at the base EDGAR L. SIAULDING. 

